Friday, September 26, 2014

Current Affairs 26 September, 2014 : Maharashtra polls: Shiv Sena-BJP, Congress-NCP alliances snap. The tussle over the chief minister's post turned out to be the biggest stumbling block during talks, with Sena repeatedly saying that Uddhav would be CM after the elections.

Govt ad mixes up venue for Saarc meetKahan gaya woh 56-inch ka sina? Nitish asksWill take oath as Haryana CM from Tihar: ChautalaKarnataka to lose its lone coal blockRow over ‘Modi kurta’ label endsHC orders FIR against Tapas Pal; CID to probe casePakistan 'spoiled the talks' by talking to Hurriyat: Sushma SwarajHRTC taxis to serve only elderly, disabled in ShimlaDeities to decide on animal sacrifice ban imposed by HCPakistan 'spoiled the talks' by talking to Hurriyat: Sushma SwarajAfter cattle class snub, Sukhbir Badal flies private jetNCP: CM was not there for talks at a crucial timeLadakh stand-off puts Bareilly airbase on alertJ&K DGP's daughter held for running over manGandhi's vision captured in Swachh Bharat logoGovt commits Rs 500 crore to make urban poor employableThe skill development scheme has been named as 'Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – DAY' and the announcement was made by housing and poverty alleviation minister M Venkaiah Naidu and rural development minister Nitin Gadkari.Fate of Ananth Geete, BJP-Sena alliance at Centre uncertainHours before the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance was officially called off on Thursday, the only Sena minister in the Narendra Modi Cabinet, Ananth Geete, said the alliance will remain intact at the Centre.Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana: All 750 MPs to be at scheme launchThe bid to turn the inauguration of the scheme into a spectacle is significant given that Modi has been seeking to appropriate the development plank.Ladakh stand-off: India, China agree to withdraw troops by September 30India and China have resolved the stand-off at the Ladakh border and withdrawal of troops will begin on Friday and be completed by September 30, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said.Will BJP, NCP join hands after Maharashtra polls?The Congress-NCP split on Thursday brought an end to an uneasy alliance that saw them bicker incessantly but stick together through 15 years.

Congress sees a lifleline in crumbling of Maharashtra alliancesCongress believes the crumbling of alliances in Maharashtra has given it a lifeline just when it was staring at the likelihood of a crushing defeat in the assembly elections.3 of Kuldeep Bishnoi's family to slug it out in Hisar districtHJC is in poll alliance with Venod Sharma-led Haryana Jan Chetna Party (HJCP) to contest 65 and 25 assembly seats respectively.Sharma will release the list of his 25 candidates on Friday.Split with Shiv Sena shows BJP's assertivenessHaving ended its 25-year tie-up with Shiv Sena on Thursday, BJP said it tried to save the alliance and put the blame for the break-up on the Sena leadership.CBI dragging feet in chopper scam, no chargesheet even after 20 months of probeWhile the Enforcement Directorate made its first arrest — businessman and lawyer Gautam Khaitan — in the Rs 3600 crore AgustaWestland chopper scam, CBI is still dragging its feet in the case.Odisha govt, former DGP locked in a face offThe decision of Naveen Patnaik's government in Odisha to lodge an FIR against home ministry special secretary Prakash Mishra may turn ugly.Overloading will be curbed, defaulters punished: CMEC directs Haryana officials to work for raising voter turnout higher than 2009Modi govt clears long-pending case for Israeli Barak missiles for warshipsGoogle to do 3D mapping of Karnataka's monumentsUkrainian PM says Russians ‘want us to freeze’“We do understand that we had just two options: bad and worse,” Arseny Yatseniuk said.Britain to join coalition against IS, plot to ‘attack’ US unearthedWhile Arab countries have joined the coalition, Washington's traditional Western allies had been slow to answer the call from US President Barack Obama.345 rescued ‘refugees from Syria’ refuse to leave shipObama urges world to do more to tackle Ebola'1 of the 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria freed'Xi Jinping orders PLA officers to abide by perk rules40 countries urge Libya to resolve military crisisObama urges world to do more to tackle EbolaUS may have identified man in beheading videos linked to Islamic StateStrong earthquake rattles Alaska, lingers for nearly a minuteUS attorney general Holder to resign, official saysUK PM urges Iranian president to release British-Iranian citizenIslamic terror: Raids across London, Anjem Choudary heldUK recalls parliament to endorse British air strikes in IraqUK PM David Cameron urges unity against Isis 'evil' as UK prepares to strike IraqIndian-American doctors take leadership lessons at YaleClean Ganga Fund now open to donations from NRIs, PIOsIndian-origin cabbie to be tried for molestation in AustraliaModi's US visit: Attendees at NY event to include 5 to 90 year olds

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